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Bio-Techne, 908 Devices Partner on Protein Characterization

The firms said that pairing Bio-Techne's Maurice icIEF protein separation instrument with 908 Devices' ZipChip platform enables a workflow that increases scientists' drug development efficiency.

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Contract Research Organization PPD for $17.4B

Thermo Fisher will acquire PPD for $47.50 per share for a total price of $17.4 billion, plus the assumption of approximately $3.5 billion in debt.

M2Gen Lands New Private Investment, Inks Research Deal with Merck

Bioinformatics firm M2Gen will provide Merck with deidentified clinical and genomics data to aid in oncology drug discovery and development.

Cytosine Base Editors Allow Scientists to Study Function of Variants at Scale
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The method could be used to determine the function of thousands of mutations to see whether they cause disease, or confer drug sensitivity or resistance.

Paradigm4 Moves Into Single-Cell Data, Helps Pharma Address COVID-19
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Translational informatics company Paradigm4's new Reveal: SingleCell app is built on its core SciDB platform that supports fast querying of large multiomic datasets.

Oct 1, 2020

Genuity Science, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Partner on Antisense Therapy Development

Aug 11, 2020

Syapse Expands FDA Collaboration to Include COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Care

Jul 13, 2020

Genuity Science, Formerly WuXi NextCode, Reinvents Itself With US, Europe Focus
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Jun 10, 2020

10x Genomics, MilliporeSigma Collaborate on CRISPR Screening Workflow

Apr 21, 2020

Envisagenics to Bring RNA Splicing Software Platform to J&J Lung Cancer Initiative

Mar 26, 2020

GigaMune Hopes to Offer TCR Screens to Pharmas While Scrambling to Keep Expression Libraries Alive
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Mar 5, 2020

Genedata Moves Into R&D for Nonprofits, Adds Digital Pathology Support
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Feb 4, 2020

Adarza BioSystems Raises $25 Million in Series D Funding Round

Jan 14, 2020

Nference Named First Partner for New Mayo Clinical Analytics Platform

Jan 6, 2020

Indian Cobra Genome, Transcriptome Unearths Core Toxin Genes for Antivenom Development

Nov 11, 2019

10x Genomics' Fully Automated Single-Cell Library Prep Platform Coming in Early 2020
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Aug 13, 2019

2bPrecise, Q-State Biosciences Partner on Precision Medicine

Aug 6, 2019

Sophia Genetics Teams With ADC Therapeutics on Biomarker Discovery for Lymphoma Treatment

Jul 19, 2019

FDA Offers Guidance on Submitting NGS Data in Support of Antiviral Drugs

Jun 24, 2019

AmoyDx, Premia Partner With Loxo on Genetic Testing for Cancer Therapy

May 3, 2019

Amgen, Syapse Collaborate on Precision Oncology

Feb 27, 2019

Danaher Prices $2.76B Offering of Common, Preferred Stock

Feb 25, 2019

Danaher to Buy GE Biopharma for $21.4B

Feb 19, 2019

Fast-Growing Analytics Firm Health Catalyst Expands Into Life Sciences
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Jan 23, 2019

Microbial Genomics Firm uBiome Lays Off 55 Employees

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Renewed Gain-of-Function Worries

The New York Times writes that the pandemic is renewing concerns about gain-of-function research.

Who's Getting the Patents?

A trio of researchers has analyzed gender trends in biomedical patents issued between 1976 and 2010 in the US, New Scientist reports.

Other Uses

CBS Sunday Morning looks at how mRNA vaccine technology could be applied beyond SARS-CoV-2.

PLOS Papers Present Analysis of Cervicovaginal Microbiome, Glycosylation in Model Archaea, More

In PLOS this week: functional potential of the cervicovaginal microbiome, glycosylation patterns in model archaea, and more.